Yeshua identifies the weighty matters of the Torah as justice, mercy, and faithfulness.
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Yeshua identifies the weighty matters of the Torah as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. From where does he derive this triad? This teaching focuses in on Micah 6:8, offering context for the saying from the days of Isaiah and Hezekiah. Then we examine what it means "to walk humbly with your God" in light of Yeshua's teachings about the weighty matters of the Torah.
Lectures from Beth Immanuel's 2022 Shavuot conference on the subject of Matthew 23:23, "You tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Torah: justice and mercy and faithfulness."
Yeshua says that the weighty matters of the Torah are "justice, mercy, and faithfulness."
Why does Yeshua identify faithfulness as one of the weighty matters of the Torah, and what does that really mean?